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Fred
Forman |
Nottingham Forest FC
3 appearances, 3 goals
two goals
on his debut
P 3 W 3 D 0 L 0 F 19:
A
3
100% successful
1899
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Profile |
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Frederick Ralph Forman |
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Birth |
Saturday,
8 November 1873 at The Cottage in Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire |
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registered in Shardlow October-December 1873 |
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Baptism |
1 February 1874 in Aston-on-Trent, by the Rector, James S. Holden |
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According to the 1881
census, the seven-year old Frederick R. is the third of four children,
including Frank, to Ralph and Élise (née Kershaw), a French-born British
subject. They all live on the Weston Road in
Aston, Shardlow. His father is a farmer of 65 acres, employing two men and
two boys. |
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According to the 1891
census, the family of six are all still living in Weston Road and his
father is still a farmer. Frederick is a signal engineer. They now
have one servant. |
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"DEATHS |
...FORMAN.—On
the 2nd inst., at Aston-on-Trent, Ralph Forman, aged 54 years. Friends
please accept this intimation." - The Nottinghamshire
Guardian, Saturday, 11 June 1892 |
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According to the 1901
census, Frederick R. is one of three, including Frank, who are living with
their widowed mother, who is still running the farm on Weston Road. Fred
himself is a signal draughtsman, and they have two servants. |
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Death |
Tuesday
morning, 14 June 1910 at The Balcony, Ocean Avenue in
Skegness, Lincolnshire, he had been
battling illness for a couple of years and died of Phthisis Pulmonalis
Exhaustion (Tuberculosis). |
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aged
36 years 218 days |
registered in Spilsby March-June 1910 |
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Obituary |
"DEATH OF FRED FORMAN
"Fred Forman, brother of Frank, and at one
time outside right, and then outside left for Nottingham Forest, died
yesterday morning at Skegness, after an illness extending over a couple of
years. Fred Forman was 37 years of age, and after playing with
Aston-on-Trent, Beeston and Derby County, as an amateur, he joined Forest
in 1893, and in 1899 got his triple cap for England as outside left
against Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Forman, in his day, was a brilliant
forward, and undoubtedly owed much to the early coaching of John Goodall.
The deceased was unmarried."
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Sheffield Daily Telegraph/Hull Daily Mail,
Wedenesday, 15 June 1910. |
Funeral
Friday, 17 June 1910
St. Giles' Church, West Bridgford |
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"Funeral of Mr. F. R.
Forman at West Bridgford.
"The funeral
took place at West Bridgford yesterday afternoon of the late Mr. Frederick
Ralph Forman, who some years ago occupied a prominent place in the realms
of Association football. Throughout the last part of his career he was a
member of the Nottingham Forest Club, and so excellent was his form at
outside right that he obtained International distinctions. Not so long
after he retired from the game Mr. Forman's healtrh broke down, and he
passed away at Skegness on Tuesday last. Many friends and those who had
known the deceased, who was of a most amiable disposition, assembled in
West Bridgford Parish Church for the first portion of the burial service,
which was takjen with music. The chief mourners were the members of the
late Mr. Forman's family. The officiating clergy were the Rev. James S.
Holden, rector of Aston-on-Trent, the Rev. P. Fleming, and the Rev. R. D.
Weller, curate at West Bridgford. As the coffin was borne into the church
the Marche Funebre was played, and the Dead March from 'Saul' as the
procession moved to the graveside, and the beautiful hymn 'On the
Resurrection Morning' was sung." - Nottingham Daily Express,
Saturday, 18 June 1910 |
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Probate |
"FORMAN
Frederick Ralph of 4 George-road
West Bridgford
Nottinghamshire
railway draughtsman died 14 June 1910 at The
Balcony Ocean-avenue Skegness Lincolnshire Probate
Nottingham
18 July to Frank Forman and
James Henry Linacre builders.
Effects £2291 10s. 9d."
[2024 equivalent: £223,389] |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing
Career |
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Club(s) |
Spent
his junior career playing with Aston-on-Trent FC and Beeston Town FC and
joined Derby County FC as an amateur. Joined Nottingham Forest FC
in 1894 and retired from playing in 1903. |
League honours
160 appearances 37 goals |
Derby County FC
1893 four appearances three goals
debut: 25 March 1893 Wednesday FC 2 Derby County FC
2 .
Nottingham Forest FC
1894-1903 156 appearances 34 goals
debut: 22 September 1894 Nottingham Forest FC
2 Everton FC 3
last: 31 January 1903 Blackburn Rovers FC 2 Nottingham Forest
FC 2. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners
1897-98 (6ᵃ);
personal best: FA Cup semi-finalist 1899-1900
(4ᵃ) & 1901-02 (4ᵃ);
Football League Division One
fourth
place 1900-01 (27ᵃ 6ᵍ) |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11", 11st.
6lbs [1903]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England
Career |
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Player number |
One of four who became 242nd
player (245) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left
(outside-right at club level) |
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First match |
No.
65, 18 February 1899, England 13 Ireland 2, a British
Championship match at Roker Park Ground, Association Road, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, aged
25 years
102 days.
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Last match |
No. 67, 8 April 1899, England 2 Scotland 1, a
British Championship match at Aston Lower Grounds, Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham, aged
25 years 151 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1898-99; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1898-99; |
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Individual honours |
FA
Tour of Germany 1899; |
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Distinctions |
Brother to Frank Forman
and uncle of
Harry Linacre |
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Beyond England |
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A railway draughtsman by vocation. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.98/99. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
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goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
captain |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
270 |
3 |
90
min |
3 |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
+16 |
0 |
1 |
6.333 |
1 |
100 |
+3 |
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All of his matches were played in the British Championship
competition and played at a home venue |
Tournament Record
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1898-99 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
+16 |
0 |
1 |
6.333 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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BC
All |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
+16 |
0 |
1 |
6.333 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
+16 |
0 |
1 |
6.333 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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All |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
+16 |
0 |
1 |
6.333 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
+16 |
0 |
1 |
6.33 |
1 |
100 |
+3 |
Match History
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apps |
match |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
pos |
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his brother Frank also played for
England in this match - the
twelfth
set of brothers to do so - the eighth
set to play in the same match - the first
set of brothers to score in the same match |
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With his brother Frank also playing for
England in this match, they become just the second set of brothers to
play together in three matches |
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